BENEFICIAL

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1933, Page 6

BENEFICIAL

TOURIST TRAFFIC BOOM. INCREASE, IN SHOPPING. _ WASHINGTON, August 24. All over the United States the beneficial effects of the National Recovery Act are being quoted this week, as the final campaign for the signing of the codes is being pushed to its hardest extent. In Seattle a- morning newspaper is rejoicing with 140,000 lumber jacks in the forests •of Washington State, who are benefiting from a rise in wages from 25 cents to 42 cents ah hour. Tourist travel for July-August is double what it has been for the past four years, The motor roads to Yellowstone Park are once again crowded, and the Chicago to be a. really,'^e|^.s^ceess^, r tf ; . This -is a typical' comment'A 6f the ma n on the street':*. “Mr.. Roosevelt has just found a new! way and .a good way to take money from people who have too much, and lie makes them like it.”

As an example of what is happening, a New York, theatre presents a., chorus singing: “President Roosevelt, we are back of yop, Slackers scram 1 This is a plan To give a job to every man.” “Scram” is the latest and best slang for “Opt, awav •, from: here?” Jlressecl in red: white and blue, the girls;adopt a familiar recumbent attitude, and with a forest of legs spell out “N.R.A. Little bits like this-receive vociferous applause'from audiences all over the country v A leading Chicago business man estimates- that" 6.000,000 workless persons will get- now jobs before General Johnson finishes 'bis programme. The big city department stores are unquestionably feeling the benefit of what they describe as a “Christinas shopping movement in summer.” “The country has gone Roosevelt altogether” is an expression heard on every hand.